Leaf for fishing fly books



April 18, 1950- l, KNQRR 2,504,266

LEAF FOR FISHING FLY BOOKS Filed Nqv. 13, 1946 "liiiiiiiii'll INVENTOR.

lRvrN B. KNORR BY V Patented Apr. 18, 1950 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Irvin B. Knorr, Colorado Springs, 0010. Application November 13, 1946, Serial No. 709,539 I This invention relates to improvements in leaves for fishing fl books.

Fishermen, as is well known, must carry an assortment of fishing flies so as to be in position to adapt their tackle to the various conditions under which they are fishing.

Fishing files are quite sensitive and it is necessary that they be supported in such a manner that the wings will not crush during transportation and one of the objects of this invention is to produce a leaf for a fishing fly book whichshall be of such construction that the fishing flies are not subjected to any pressure whennot in use.

Another object of this invention is to produce a fishing fly book leaf of such constructionthat the hooks and flies cannot accidentally become loose and drop out of the case or the book.

.A further object of the invention is to produce afishing fly leaf in which each fly or hook is held individually and in full view.

A still further object is to produce a fiy book leaf of such construction that the flies and hooks may be easily attached and removed. i

And a further object is to produce aleaf for a fly book of such a construction that snelled hooks are held in such a manner that the gutdoes not protrude from the book. *F

A still further object of the invention is to produce a tensioning element of an improvedg'construction comprising a plurality of springsindependently supported in such a way that they will not interfere with each other and in which they will be held in a predetermined relation.

The above and other objects that may become apparent as this description proceeds are attained by means of a construction and an arrangement of parts that will now be described in detail and for this purpose reference will be had to the accompanying drawing in which the invention has been illustrated in its preferred form, and in which:

'Figure l is a plane view oi a fishing fly book leaf showing one hook in position thereon;

Figure 2 is a side elevation looking in the direction of arrow 2, Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation to an enlarged scale showing the manner in which the springs are attached to the leaf.

In the drawing reference numberal 5 designates a leaf which may be made from any suitable material such, for example; as aluminum, pressed board, sheet plastic, hard rubber or any other material that may be deemed suitable for the purpose.

In the embodiment illustrated, the leaf has been 3 Claims. (0}. 4347.5)

shown as rectangular and for the purposes of this description reference will be had to various parts of the leaf, such as the upper end andupper righthand corner, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to a rectangularleaf.

Secured to the leaf 5 is a guide member which has been designated by reference numeral 8. This has a substantial L -shaped cross section and is secured to the leaf by suitable means such as prongs 1 that extend through openings in the leaf chor plate is curved upwardly so as to have an inclined surface l0 that terminates in a number of teeth ll, providing a serrated edge as shown 1 in the drawing. Attached to the leaf near the lower end thereof is a tensioning element comprising a plate l2 that is secured to the leaf by hollow rivets l3, or in any other suitable way. This plate is provided with an inclined surface It that terminates in a number of spaced tongues l5 that are best shown in Figure 3. The inclined surface It has a tongue it of triangular shape, punched loose along two sides and bent downwardly into the position shown in Figure 3. There is one such tongue for each projection I5. Closely coiled helical springs I! are positioned over the projections l5 and one end coil, which has been designated by reference numeral l8, in Figure 3, is positioned to encircle the tongue It. This anchors the springs to plate l2 in a manner quite clearly apparent from Figure 3. The end coil at the free end of the spring is bent outwardly so as to lie in a plane parallel with the axis of the spring. It will be apparent that by means of tongues l5, the springs are held in a predetermined spaced relation and maintain a definite position relative to each other at all times. Each spring can be tensioned individually in a manner indicated in Figure 1 where spring Ila has been shown in extended or tensioned position. The hook [9 that may, or may not, have attached to it a fly 20 is inserted in loop 2 I at the end of spring Ila and the leader 22 is placed over the guide 6 having its loop 23 positioned around one of the teeth I l. The hook with the leader now occupies the position shown in the drawing and it will be seen that if the hook is provided with a fly, the latter does not come in contact with the leaf 5, but is spaced some distance from it as shown in a predetermined position. This prevents the springs from-moving around when' notvin use a'nd gives the device a very neat appearance.

Attention is also called to the fact that with this device the hooks may be easily attachedand.

separated, each one being accessibleindepend ently from the others. shown and described, the leaders are always under some tension and are anchoredsothatthey do not With the -constructiom I project from the book as is quite common: inaconnection with many otherosimilar devices.

Having. described theinvention what-is claimeda'sfan'ew' is:

. LAnanchozing device for use with a fly bookleaf omp'rising a metal sheet having portions along opposite edges ofiset so asrto lieindifferent planes, the ofiset portion: adjacent. one edge adapted to besecuredv to the leaf, the other edge having, a plurality of spaced tongues, a helical tension spring surrounding eachtongue, means forlanchoring the springs, compri sing tongues integral.with'the material of the sheet that connects the, offset edge portions, said tongues extending 1 through the-adjacent end coils of thesprings, the other end of the springs having loops for receiving 2. -An anchoring device for use withrfly book leaves, comprisinga narrow metal sheet of arouate shape having narrow zones adjacent-its edges ofiset soasto lie in spacedaparallel;planes; the 1 zone adjacent the convex edge'cbeing perforatedso that it may be fastened to a fly book leaf, the zone along the concave edge having a plurality of spaced tongues, helical springs threaded onto the tongues, whereby they will remain in predetermined spaced relation at all times, the outer ends of the springs having loops for the reception of fish hooks, and means for anchoring the inner ends of the springs to the metal sheet.

3. The improvement for use with a fly book leaf which comprises {a tensioning' deviceradapted to engage said hooks-said d 'evlcecomp risihga'n elongated plate member having a web portion upstanding from said fl leaf, a fiat portion joined to said Web portion at one longitudinal edge thereof extending in'one direction and adapted to be $9- cured-tofsaidflyleaf, another portion joined to posed in parallel relation to'said fly"1eaf-and transverse to said elongated. plate, loops. onthe ends of said springs, and means within saidchannel for securing thespring loops of one endof the springs to the elongated member-,the'loopson the' other ends of i said springs being. adapted. to em gage said-hooks. V

IRVINY B. KNORRI- f REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the' file of this patent:

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